28 DAY WRITING CHALLENGE: Day 08
Look up new words in the dictionary, use them in your writing
I know this says ‘dictionary’ but all I can think about now is that episode of FRIENDS when Joey used the thesaurus to write a recommendation letter for Chandler & Monica so that they could adopt a baby.
“Signed, baby kangaroo Tribiani…”
I guess if I had to get this started with a word to accurately describe how I’ve felt as of late and how I feel right now - that word would be “despondent”, which I found because I was looking for another word for “melancholy” (SEE, I KNOW STUFF)
despondent |dɪˈspɒnd(ə)nt| adjective:
in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
Using Dictionary on my iMac, Wikipedia comes up along with the dictionary definition of the word and a thesaurus - although for whatever reason, Wikipedia does not show “despondent” but the word “depression”.
And Wikipedia says: Depressed people may feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, or restless. They may lose interest in activities that once were pleasurable, experience loss of appetite or begin overeating, or experience problems concentrating, remembering details or making decisions; and may contemplate or even attempt suicide. Insomnia, excessive sleeping, fatigue, loss of energy, aches, pains or digestive problems that are resistant to treatment may be present.
For the past couple weeks/months, I’ve been feeling “despondent” because it’s taking a lot of time to reach my goal: I know where I want to be, over there. But I’m stuck here. I left my job here in order to have more time to get over there, but the longer I’m stuck here the less likely the chance I have to get over there. And the longer I’m stuck here, the more my parents over there want to come back here, which is not where I want to be.
Lately I’ve been getting a short, sharp pain in my temples/behind my eyes. I’ve watched enough episodes of ‘House’ to believe that that I can aimlessly diagnose myself: it’s not viral, bacterial or fungal. But because I am also both a hypochondriac, a martyr and a “bit of a whiner” on my bad days - it literally could be anything or even nothing…
It’s the “hopeless” part of the definition that really gets to me. As stupid and as ridiculous as my very next statement will sound to you, dear person reading this - but if I had to sincerely pick which superhero I could be (EVEN THOUGH I AM A MARVEL FANBOY ALL THE WAY) it would be a Blue Lantern.
Blue Lanterns don’t power their rings with imagination, like the infinitely more famous Green Lanterns do. Instead, Blue Lanterns power them with hope. I have more hope than possibly anyone else I know, which honestly means something especially when everything I hope for in my life never happens. But I keep hoping anyway.
And what one word is written on the state flag where I want to be ?
